December 26 – Courage in the Chaos

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, December 26th.

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Courage in the chaos Have you
ever looked around at the world

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and felt your stomach drop?
Like everything is loud,

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unstable, and unpredictable.
The headlines, the arguments,

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the fear, the what if thoughts
that hit you late at night.

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Jesus doesn’t pretend chaos
isn’t real.

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In Mark chapter 13, he talks
about intense moments ahead,

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including this warning.
But when you see the abomination

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of desolation standing where he
ought not to be, then let those

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who are in Judaea flee to the
mountains.

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That’s not meant to make you
panic.

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It’s meant to show you that
Jesus sees what’s coming and He

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wants his people awake,
prepared, and steady.

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And Daniel Chapter 7 pulls back
the curtain even more.

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It shows God on the throne, the
Ancient of Days.

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And then it says, behold, with
the clouds of heaven there came

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one like a Son of man, and to
him was given dominion and glory

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and a Kingdom.
Jesus called himself the Son of

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Man on purpose.
Daniel’s vision tells you who’s

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really in charge when everything
feels out of control.

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Kingdoms rise and fall, trends
come and go, fear spreads fast.

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But Jesus receives dominion.
Jesus receives glory.

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Jesus receives a Kingdom that
does not end.

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Then Proverbs chapter 30 gives
you an image of courage.

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You can almost see three things
are stately in their tread.

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The lion, which is mightiest
among beasts and does not turn

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back before any.
That’s the posture God wants to

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shape in you.
Not reckless, not arrogant, but

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steady and unafraid.
Courage isn’t pretending.

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Nothing is scary.
Courage is knowing who is king

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when things are scary.
So what do you do when the world

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feels chaotic?
You set your eyes on the throne.

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You anchor your heart in the
truth that Jesus isn’t

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surprised.
Jesus isn’t stressed and Jesus

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isn’t losing.
He prepares us so we won’t

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crumble.
He warns us so we won’t drift.

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He leads us so we can help
others find hope when they’re

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overwhelmed.
Let’s pray, Heavenly Father,

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when the world feels chaotic and
my mind feels overwhelmed,

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remind me that you are on the
throne.

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Thank you that Jesus, the Son of
Man, has dominion and a Kingdom

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that will never end.
Give me courage like the lion,

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steady, focused and unafraid,
because you are with me.

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Help me stay alert, faithful and
full of hope and use my life to

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point others to your truth in
Jesus name, Amen.

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Now I invite you to spend time
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Bible reading plan.
Proverbs 3029 to 31 World

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English Bible There are three
things which are stately in

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their March 4 which are stately
in going.

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The lion, which is mightiest
among animals and doesn’t turn

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away for any, the greyhound, the
male goat, and the king against

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whom there is no rising up.
Daniel 79 to 14 world English

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Bible I watched until Thrones
were placed and one who was

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ancient of days sat.
His clothing was white as snow,

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and the hair of his head like
pure wool.

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His throne was fiery flames and
its wheels burning fire.

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A fiery stream issued and came
out from before him.

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Thousands of thousands
ministered to him. 10,000 *

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10,000 stood before him.
The judgement was set.

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The books were opened.
I watched at that time because

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of the voice of the arrogant
words which the horn spoke.

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I watched even until the animal
was slain and its body

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destroyed, and it was given to
be burned with fire.

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As for the rest of the animals,
their dominion was taken away,

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yet their lives were prolonged
for a season and a time.

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I saw in the night visions, and
behold, there came with the

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clouds of the Sky One like a son
of man, and he came even to the

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ancient of Days, and they
brought him near before him.

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Dominion was given him, and
glory, and a Kingdom that all

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the peoples, nations, and
languages should serve him.

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His dominion is an everlasting
dominion which will not pass

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away, and His Kingdom one that
will not be destroyed.

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Daniel 924 to 27 World English
Bible 70 weeks are decreed on

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your people and on your holy
city, to finish disobedience, to

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make an end of sins, to make
reconciliation for iniquity, to

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bring in everlasting
righteousness, to seal up vision

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and prophecy, and to anoint the
Most Holy.

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Know therefore, and discern that
from the going out of the

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commandment to restore and build
Jerusalem to the Anointed One.

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The Prince will be 7 weeks and
62 weeks.

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It will be built again with
street and Moat even in troubled

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times.
After the 62 weeks the Anointed

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One will be cut off and will
have nothing.

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The people of the Prince who
come will destroy the city and

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the sanctuary.
It’s end will be with a flood

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and war will be even to the end.
Desolations are determined.

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He will make a firm covenant
with many for one week.

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In the middle of the week he
will cause the sacrifice and the

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offering to cease.
On the wing of abominations will

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come one who makes desolate, and
even to the decreed full end

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wrath will be poured out on the
desolate Mark. 13 World English

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Bible As he went out of the
temple, one of his disciples

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said to him, Teacher, see what
kind of stones and what kind of

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buildings?
Jesus said to him, Do you see

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these great buildings?
There will not be left here 1

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stone on another which will not
be thrown down.

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As he sat on the Mount of Olives
opposite the temple, Peter,

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James, John and Andrew asked him
privately, Tell us, when will

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these things be?
What is the sign that these

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things are all about to be
fulfilled?

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Jesus answering began to tell
them, Be careful that no one

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leads you astray, for many will
come in my name saying I am He

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and will lead many astray.
When you hear of wars and rumors

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of wars, don’t be troubled, for
those must happen.

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But the end is not yet, for
nation will rise against nation

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and Kingdom against Kingdom.
There will be earthquakes in

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various places.
There will be famines and

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troubles.
These things are the beginning

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of birth pains, but watch
yourselves, for they will

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deliver you up to councils.
You will be beaten in

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synagogues, you will stand
before rulers and kings for my

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sake, for a testimony to them.
The good news must first be

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preached to all the nations when
they lead you away and deliver

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you up.
Don’t be anxious beforehand or

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premeditate what you will say,
but say whatever will be given

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you in that hour, for it is not
you who speak, but the Holy

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Spirit.
Brother will deliver up Brother

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to death, and the Father his
child.

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Children will rise up against
parents and cause them to be put

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to death.
You will be hated by all men for

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my name’s sake, but he who
endures to the end will be

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saved.
But when you see the abomination

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of desolation spoken of by
Daniel the prophet standing

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where it ought not, let the
reader understand.

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Then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains, and let

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him who is on the housetop not
go down nor enter in to take

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anything out of his house.
Let him who is in the field not

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return back to take his cloak.
But woe to those who are with

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child, and to those who nurse
babies in those days.

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Pray that your flight won’t be
in the winter, for in those days

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there will be oppression such as
there has not been the like from

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the beginning of the creation
which God created until now, and

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never will be.
Unless the Lord had shortened

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the days, no flesh would have
been saved but for the sake of

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the chosen ones whom He picked
out.

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He shortened the days.
Then if anyone tells you, look

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here is the Christ, or look
there, don’t believe it, For

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false Christs and false prophets
will arise, and will show signs

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and wonders that they may lead
astray, if possible, even the

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chosen ones.
But you watch, behold, I have

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told you all things beforehand.
But in those days after that

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oppression, the sun will be
darkened, the moon will not give

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its light, the stars will be
falling from the sky, and the

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powers that are in the heavens
will be shaken.

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Then they will see the Son of
Man coming in clouds with great

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power and glory.
Then he will send out his angels

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and will gather together his
chosen ones from the four winds,

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from the ends of the earth to
the ends of the sky.

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Now from the fig tree learn this
parable.

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When the branch has now become
tender and produces its leaves,

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you know that the summer is
near.

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Even so, you also, when you see
these things coming to pass,

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know that it is near at the
doors.

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Most certainly, I say to you,
this generation will not pass

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away until all these things
happen.

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Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away.

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But if that day or that hour, no
one knows, not even the angels

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in heaven, nor the Son, but only
the Father.

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Watch, keep alert and pray, for
you don’t know when the time is.

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It is like a man traveling to
another country, having left his

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house and given authority to his
servants and to each one his

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work, and also commanded the
doorkeeper to keep watch.

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Watch, therefore, for you don’t
know when the Lord of the house

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is coming, whether at evening or
at midnight or when the rooster

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crows, or in the morning, lest
coming suddenly he might find

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you sleeping.
What I tell you, I tell all.

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Watch.
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